TAMPA, FLA., MARCH 3, 2020 – Keith Williams had a career-high 30 points and Cincinnati beat South Florida 79-67 on Tuesday night.
Tre Scott added 21 points and 11 rebounds for Cincinnati (19-10, 12-5 American Athletic Conference).
Justin Brown (Atlanta) had 16 points for the Bulls (13-17, 6-11). Laquincy Rideau (West Palm Beach, Fla.) added 15 points. Michael Durr (Atlanta) had 13 points and eight rebounds.
USF led by as many as eight points in the first half and took a 39-33 lead into halftime after a free throw from David Collins (Youngstown, Ohio) with seven seconds left in the first half.
Collins gave USF its largest lead of the game midway through the second half with a three-pointer in the corner that put the Bulls ahead 56-43.
Cincinnati responded with a 27-6 run over the next 12 minutes to build an eight-point lead with just over a minute in regulation.
Quotable
Head coach Brian Gregory on the game:
“Give Cincinnati a ton of credit for digging down there when we got the lead. It wasn’t one thing that got us, they were able to get us in a lot of different areas. We had three or four shots at the rim that we didn’t finish, and they made some high-level offensive plays. Unfortunately, some of the things that we struggle with came into play again.”
Notable
• Michael Durr scored in double figures in four straight games for the first time in his career.
• Brian Gregory coached his 100th career game at USF.
• USF made 10 three-pointers and has made the fifth-most in single season in school history.
Key Stats
42 – Cincinnati outscored USF 42-16 in points in the paint.
64 – Cincinnati shot 64.0 percent from the field in the second half.
24 – Cincinnati scored 24 points off 19 USF turnovers.
Up Next
USF closes the regular season Saturday at 7 p.m. when the Bulls host SMU at the Yuengling Center on Senior Night. USF will honor seniors Laquincy Rideau and Antun Maricevic in a pregame ceremony.
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About USF Men’s Basketball
The USF men’s basketball team is led by head coach Brian Gregory. On March 22, 2017, Gregory was introduced as the 10th head coach in program history. He previously led programs at Georgia Tech (2011-16) and Dayton (2003-11). Gregory spent nearly a decade as an assistant coach under Michigan State’s Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo and helped the Spartans win the 2000 NCAA National Championship. Gregory owns nearly 250 career head coaching wins and six postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT Championship. In his second season at the helm of the Bulls, Gregory led the team to the best win turnaround in the NCAA, the most single-season wins in school history and the 2019 College Basketball Invitational championship.
USF has retired three numbers in its 47-year history: Chucky Atkins (12), Charlie Bradley (30) and Radenko Dobras (31). The Bulls have earned three NCAA tournament bids, appeared in the NIT eight times and won the 2019 CBI championship.
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